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simone
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: Got Friday off, a car, and a full tank of gas.... where to? |
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All right - so the company has this silly mountain climbing MT day tomorrow, and being hugely preggo has got me out of it. Nobody's going to make me go on an overnight mountain climbing trip. Yay!
So since hubby and I practically never go anywhere, and since I need driving practice, we were thinking of going outside of Seoul. We're in East Seoul, so driving a maximum of about 2 hours east would be good. SE is okay too, but we'd like to just get the hell out of the city.
It's also not a bad idea to not stray TOO far from Seoul, so we can head back easily should I have any health issues requiring dropping by the hospital.
We'd like to get on the road tomorrow morning, find a nice view, chill for a few hours, eat a fantastic dinner, and then enjoy the romance of a cheesy 2-star love hotel somewhere. Back to Seoul sometime Saturday to take care of the normal weekend crap that seems to pile up...
Any recommendations for a nice place to go? A great restaurant? Cute little town? Not too far away?
The clock is ticking... Without a plan, hubby just wants to hop in the Atoz and drive drive drive.. Me, I'm a planner. I like maps. If I have a convincing sounding itinerary, he'll go my way. Help me out! |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Wife and I are driving to yang-yang (oceanside) this weekend. It's below Seokcho (sorak san) on the east coast. We rented a pension house on the beach. Should be some good lovin' goin on for the dog, woot! |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| SuperFly wrote: |
| Wife and I are driving to yang-yang (oceanside) this weekend. It's below Seokcho (sorak san) on the east coast. We rented a pension house on the beach. Should be some good lovin' goin on for the dog, woot! |
Yangyang is 3.5 hours from Seoul by car on the expressway... unless there's traffic (which happens alot). |
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lowpo
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| SuperFly wrote: |
| Wife and I are driving to yang-yang (oceanside) this weekend. It's below Seokcho (sorak san) on the east coast. We rented a pension house on the beach. Should be some good lovin' goin on for the dog, woot! |
Is the pension right on the beach, if so can you give me the information. I'm planning to take my wife up that way in a couple of weeks. If you like PM me. |
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simone
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject: Anyone else? |
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| We've slept in, hubby has about an hour of work to do, and we'll be on the road by ten or so. I guess the plan is just driving "East". No way will we make it all the way to the coast, so maybe we'll make it as far as chuncheon? |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| lowpo wrote: |
| SuperFly wrote: |
| Wife and I are driving to yang-yang (oceanside) this weekend. It's below Seokcho (sorak san) on the east coast. We rented a pension house on the beach. Should be some good lovin' goin on for the dog, woot! |
Is the pension right on the beach, if so can you give me the information. I'm planning to take my wife up that way in a couple of weeks. If you like PM me. |
Yes, it's right on the beach. You face the beach, you can open the windows and hear the waves crashing on the sand...paradise in korea.
Here's the pension website pictures section...
http://www.pensionbono.com/about2.htm
www.pensionbono.com
Last edited by SuperFly on Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:15 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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GOD THAT PLACE WAS GREAT!!!
No people whatsoever, PERFECT weather! I saw less than 50 people all weekend! And most of them were in town!
What a time, bbq, drinks, great weather, swimming, SOLITUDE!!
Best time I've had in a long time. I can't believe we had that whole beach to ourselves. |
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PeterDragon
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Where do I go to....
TO YOUR DOOM... judging from my own personal experiences with Korean traffic.
Joking aside, I've heard that you can actually "drive" to Jeju--- when you get to the tip of the peninsula, you can pay a ferry to take your car to the island, then road trip there all day. That's assuming you also have Saturday off, definitely not a one-day endeavor. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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Pest2. driving wasn't a pain because we left Seoul very early in the morning and encountered little traffic. On the way back, we got on the highway about 11AM and beat the Sunday afternoon rush back to Seoul. Light traffic and easy riding all the way back. 
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juicyhumdinger
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| nice place, but 200-300 bucks is a bit steep |
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SuperFly
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure if you're talking about the place I stayed at...but the room we rented was 90 thou a night.
The whole trip with gas, food and drink DID run a couple hundred tho... |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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There are sheep in Korea?!
Why the hell then there's no lamb and they have to import it from Australia?!?!?!?!?!?!
Nice pics, btw, woof, woof. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, theres a sheep farm (that's been heavily advertised and can be crowded so watch out) about 30 - 45 minutes before you hit the coast. You can see signs from the freeway. |
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